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WHILE cheap toys may seem attractive this Christmas, Queensland parents have been warned to choose wisely with more than 50 products banned from shelves for safety reasons.

Many have been banned because they come with small parts or could break easily into choking hazards for children aged under three.

Fair Trading officers have inspected more than 2100 product lines across 424 retailers and five importers during Operation Safe Christmas 2012 and pulled 66 suspicious items from shelves.

Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie said 56 had been banned after testing and the rest of the 66 would probably be judged unsafe too.

He said Christmas was one of the busiest times of year for the retail market but it was also unfortunately a time when children could suffer at the hands of unsafe toys manufactured in countries with less stringent safety standards.

"More toys are sold in the three months before Christmas than the rest of the year combined," Mr Bleijie said.